Overview
Jaime M. Crowe, based in Washington D.C., is of counsel in the International Arbitration and Complex Litigation and Arbitration practices of leading global law firm Paul Hastings.
Jaime is a seasoned, client-focused advocate with extensive experience in all phases of complex, high-stakes international arbitration and U.S. litigation proceedings. Jaime began practicing international arbitration more than 25 years ago when he advised on the first case against a Latin American state before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Since then, Jaime has represented sovereigns, private parties and witnesses in arbitration proceedings before ICSID, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), the American Arbitration Association (AAA), JAMS (formerly Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services), and National Arbitration and Mediation (NAM) as well as ad hoc proceedings. His background within the sector includes financial services and banking, infrastructure and energy, technology and e-commerce, real estate, mining and more.
Jaime also has broad range civil and criminal litigation experience, including in antitrust, securities and intellectual property matters before U.S. courts and agencies at the trial and appellate levels. In one of the earliest so-called “reverse-payment” cases, he defended a generic pharmaceutical company accused by the Federal Trade Commission of conspiring with a branded pharmaceutical company to delay generic entry in violation of U.S. antitrust laws. More recently, he defended a foreign issuer in a putative securities class action that raised novel issues regarding the application of U.S. securities laws to unsponsored American Depositary Receipts and the adjudication by a U.S. court of foreign securities claims. In that case, Jaime helped defeat class certification and obtain summary judgment in favor of the foreign issuer. Jaime’s U.S. litigation practice has focused mainly on defending foreign companies, including in class action litigation and helping them understand and navigate the complex landscape of U.S. litigation.
As a bilingual attorney, Jaime has extensively utilized his fluency in Spanish in both international arbitration and U.S. litigation proceedings, including in reviewing and preparing submissions, presenting arguments and examining fact and expert witnesses.
In addition to his representation of clients in complex international arbitration and U.S. litigation proceedings, Jaime has been appointed an adjunct associate professor at American University’s Washington College of Law. He has also demonstrated a strong commitment to pro bono representation, including by advising clients seeking asylum in the United States.
Accolades
Representations
International Arbitration
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration proceeding representing by European financial services company with contract claims against government agency of Latin American sovereign
- Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) proceeding representing European financial services company with investment treaty claims against Latin American sovereign based on sovereign’s uncompensated total takeover of investor’s financial services business; adduced evidence that sovereign manufactured investor liabilities to reduce compensation to investor; award pending
- Representation of technology company in contract dispute before Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
- Representation of technology company in contract dispute before National Arbitration and Mediation (NAM)
- In PCA arbitration, representation of Middle Eastern energy company with investment treaty claims against Latin American sovereign based on sovereign’s renunciation of tax benefits that sovereign previously extended to investor’s subsidiary
- Representation in International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) arbitration of TECO Guatemala Holdings with investment treaty claims against Republic of Guatemala arising from TECO’s investment in an electricity distribution company; obtained award for violation of investment treaty and for costs
- In ICSID (Additional Facility) arbitration under the Canada-Venezuela investment treaty, representation of Canada’s Gold Reserve Inc. with claims relating to one of the world’s largest undeveloped gold / copper deposits; Gold Reserve awarded US$740 million
- Representation in ICSID arbitration of Republic of the Philippines against claims brought by Germany’s Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide relating to Fraport’s concession to construct and operate airport terminal in Manila; investor’s clams dismissed in their entirely
- In ICSID investment treaty arbitration, defense of Republic of Chile in case brought by Malaysia’s MTD relating to real estate development project outside Santiago, and investor’s failure to comply with applicable regulations
- Representation of Republic of Costa Rica in ICSID arbitration brought by Compañía de Desarrollo de Santa Elena S.A. in dispute relating to compensation following expropriation of real property for purposes of environmental conservation
- Representation in ICSID arbitration during jurisdictional phase of private investor with claims against Republic of Paraguay; tribunal found jurisdiction
- Advised Latin American sovereign in ICSID arbitration brought by investor claiming expropriation of assets during period of political turmoil
U.S. Domestic Litigation
- Representation of Japanese issuer in securities class action alleging that issuer violated U.S. and Japanese securities laws; secured initial dismissal of claims on grounds that Exchange Act does not apply extraterritorially; subsequently succeeded in opposing class certification; court granted summary judgment on both U.S. and Japanese law claims
- In landmark criminal antitrust case, representation of Norwegian parcel tanker company Stolt-Nielsen in case brought by DOJ’s Antitrust Division; after a three-week evidentiary hearing, district court dismissed indictment against Stolt-Nielsen
- Representation of Stolt-Nielsen and other defendants in securities class action based on failure to disclose antitrust violations; prevailed in initial motion to dismiss; subsequently secured stay of discovery pending resolution of criminal action; helped secure favorable settlement
- In US International Trade Commission (ITC) dispute, representation of Panasonic Corporation regarding patents for semiconductor chips; favorable settlement obtained
- Representation of generic pharmaceutical company Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. in administrative proceeding brought by Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that Upsher-Smith engaged in antitrust violations for settling patent-infringement litigation with branded pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough; Eleventh Circuit upheld ALJ verdict in favor of Upsher-Smith; U.S. Supreme Court declined to review on certiorari
- Representation of Upsher-Smith during all phases of complex class action in federal court following FTC administrative complaint; helped secure favorable settlement
- In Illinois state court, defense of Canadian lumber manufacturers Northern Sawmills, Inc. and Buchanan Lumber Sales, Inc. in products liability action; obtained ruling from Appellate Court of Illinois that Illinois state courts lacked personal jurisdiction over Canadian defendants
- In federal court in Illinois, representation of Chinese glass manufacturer Xinyi Group Glass Co., Ltd. in defense of third-party action arising from multimillion dollar nationwide class action; successfully argued that federal court lacked personal jurisdiction over Xinyi and secured dismissal of third-party action
- Representation of telecommunications company Vertex Telecom, Inc. in contract dispute with service provider XO Communications; obtained temporary restraining order and later preliminary injunction in favor of client; successfully opposed defendant’s motion to dismiss; obtained dismissal of XO’s counterclaims; helped secure favorable settlement
- In Dee-K Enterprises, Inc. v. Heveafil Sdn. Bhd., defense in federal courts in Virginia and North Carolina of Southeast Asian extruded rubber thread manufacturers accused of price fixing; successfully opposed class certification and obtained favorable jury determination subsequently affirmed by Fourth Circuit; US Supreme Court declined to review on certiorari
Matters may have been handled prior to joining Paul Hastings.
Involvement
- Instructor, International Construction Arbitration (Arbitraje Internacional de la Construcción), Washington College of Law, American University (Summer 2025)
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Washington College of Law, American University
- Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), Advisory Board Member
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- American Society of International Law (ASIL)
- American Bar Association (ABA), International Law and Antitrust Sections
- Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje (CEIA)
- International Council for Commercial Arbitration
Pro Bono
- Representation of LGBTQ+ asylum applicants before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and immigration court
- Representation in federal trial of inmate with claims against the Commonwealth of Virginia under Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA)
- Representation of foster parents in contested adoption